How do I turn on "Number Lock" so it on when I boot up...

I am getting old and cannot remember..

Thank you
D.

I'm probably older than you are!! I think you can change it on the BIOS set
up.

"dpost" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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How do I turn on "Number Lock" so it on when I boot up...

I am getting old and cannot remember..

Thank you
D.

Windows NT/ 2000/XP/2003 ignores the bios on this issue. Set the Reg_Sz
string value of
"InitialKeyboardIndicators"="2"
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard
will set the numlock to "On" when no one is logged on. May need to restart
for effect.

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"dpost" wrote:
| How do I turn on "Number Lock" so it on when I boot up...
|
| I am getting old and cannot remember..
|
| Thank you
| D.

Hi

You can enable NumLock via the Registry. Navigate to the following in the
Registry:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard

and double click on 'InitialKeyboardIndicators' in the right hand pane. Set
the value to 2.

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"dpost" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:S20Eg.6244$(E-Mail Removed)...
> How do I turn on "Number Lock" so it on when I boot up...
>
> I am getting old and cannot remember..
>
> Thank you
> D.

XP ignores whatever setting that you have for Num Lock in the BIOS.

Windows will remember the status of Num Lock key and enable it on the next
boot. If Num Lock is on when the machine is shutdown, then Num Lock will be
on when the machine is next started. If Num Lock is off when the machine is
shutdown, then Num Lock will be off when the machine is next started.

You can change settings in the key below, all you want. But, Windows will
remember the status of Num Lock key and enable it that way on the next boot.

Toggling the Num Lock key toggles the value from 0 to 2 in the registry key
below. But the data isn't written to the registry key until you log off or
shutdown.

HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Keyboard
Value Name: InitialKeyboardIndicators
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: 0 or 2
0 = Windows XP turns NUMLOCK off when it starts.
2 = Windows XP turns NUMLOCK on when it starts.

[[Change method
To change the value of this entry, press the NUMLOCK key on your keyboard.]]
from...
InitialKeyboardIndicators
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ntry/34674.asp

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> How do I turn on "Number Lock" so it on when I boot up...
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> I am getting old and cannot remember..
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> Thank you
> D.